Signal-mediated sorting to the regulated pathway of protein secretion
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- DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(99)80021-1
Signal-mediated sorting to the regulated pathway of protein secretion
Abstract
The existence of specific sorting signals which direct regulated secretory proteins to secretory granules (SGs) was hypothesized two decades ago and since then has been addressed in numerous studies. The discovery that aggregation of regulated secretory proteins is involved in their sorting to SGs questioned the existence of specific sorting signals. In this short review we summarize the identification of a specific sorting signal for chromogranin B (CgB), a regulated secretory protein which undergoes Ca2+/pH-dependent aggregation. This signal is represented by the N-terminal disulfide-bonded loop of CgB encoded by exon 3 and is necessary to direct CgB to SGs. Its essential role was revealed only by the expression of a loopless deletion mutant in the absence of endogenous protein synthesis to preclude aggregative sorting of the former with the latter. The signal is also sufficient to direct a reporter protein to SGs, but only its multiple presence on the reporter leads to high sorting efficiency. Importantly, the identified signal functions at the level of the TGN by binding to membrane components that give rise to SGs. Furthermore, these studies lead to further insights into the mechanism of sorting. First, conclusive evidence is provided that regulated secretory proteins lacking a specific signal, can be sorted via coaggregation with proteins containing a specific sorting signal. Second, the data support an additional function of aggregation in the TGN which is multimerization of sorting signals per sorting unit leading to highly efficient sorting to SGs.
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